The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 10, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 PM
4:57 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -243
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.7° / 4.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 29m / -12.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.90° / 2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / -2.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.54° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.